Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time1:56.23
Medalists
Gold medal Allison Schmitt  United States
Silver medal Emily Overholt  Canada
Bronze medal Manuella Lyrio  Brazil
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2015 Pan American Games
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games Record  Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 1:58.43 San Juan, Puerto Rico July 3, 1979

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July A Final Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.23 GR

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.99) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:12.49) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule[]

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 10:05 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:05 Final B
July 15, 2015 19:11 Final A

Results[]

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats[]

The first round was held on July 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:58.58 QA
2 3 5 Manuella Lyrio  Brazil 1:59.60 QA
3 2 4 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 1:59.62 QA
4 2 5 Katerine Savard  Canada 1:59.74 QA
5 1 5  United States 2:00.30 QA
6 1 4 Emily Overholt  Canada 2:00.43 QA
7 3 3 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 2:00.61 QA
8 1 3 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 2:01.85 QA
9 2 3 Jessica Camposano  Colombia 2:02.27 QB
10 2 2  Colombia 2:02.48 QB
11 3 6 Andrea Cedrón  Peru 2:04.55 QB
12 2 6  Mexico 2:05.21 QB
13 3 7 Rebeca Quinteros  El Salvador 2:05.26 QB
14 1 2  Venezuela 2:05.31 QB
15 3 2 Gabriela Santis  Guatemala 2:05.37 QB
16 1 6  Mexico 2:06.84 QB
17 2 7 Lani Cabrera  Bahamas 2:07.41
18 1 7 Daniella van den Berg  Aruba 2:08.49
19 3 1 Karen Riveros  Paraguay 2:10.32
20 2 1 Samantha Roberts  Antigua and Barbuda 2:17.25

B Final[]

The B final was also held on July 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Jessica Camposano  Colombia 2:00.68
10 5  Colombia 2:02.81
11 7  Venezuela 2:03.33
12 8  Mexico 2:03.69
13 6  Mexico 2:03.69
14 1 Gabriela Santis  Guatemala 2:03.94
15 3 Andrea Cedrón  Peru 2:04.11
16 2 Rebeca Quinteros  El Salvador 2:06.19

A Final[]

The A final was also held on July 15.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.23 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Emily Overholt  Canada 1:57.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Manuella Lyrio  Brazil 1:58.03 SA
4 6 Katerine Savard  Canada 1:58.70
5 3 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 2:00.32
6 2  United States 2:00.34
7 1 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 2:00.62
8 8 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 2:01.84

References[]

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle - A Final
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